Informations générales
Intitulé de l'offre : Post-doctoral position (M/F) on the supervision and control of UAV fleets in virtual reality (H/F)
Référence : UMR5505-CHLBOU-092
Nombre de Postes : 1
Lieu de travail : TOULOUSE
Date de publication : vendredi 20 juin 2025
Type de contrat : Chercheur en contrat CDD
Durée du contrat : 12 mois
Date d'embauche prévue : 1 octobre 2025
Quotité de travail : Complet
Rémunération : From 2991 to 4166 euros gross monthly according to experience
Niveau d'études souhaité : Doctorat
Expérience souhaitée : 1 à 4 années
Section(s) CN : 06 - Sciences de l'information : fondements de l'informatique, calculs, algorithmes, représentations, exploitations
Missions
This post-doctoral offer is part of the AMANIA (Augmented huMAN-swarm InterAction) project coordinated by CNRS, National University of Singapore and ENAC, and funded by the AI-Lab program. This project aims to study the interest of AI and Virtual Reality in the planning, supervision and control of UAV fleets, e.g. in search and rescue missions.
UAV fleets are a coordinated set of drones able to perform one or more common tasks, such as searching for people in large areas, or transporting objects. A Ph.D. work on this topic has already begun, with the aim of designing interactions to combine automated and manual control of the drone sarm. We also have a realistic VR simulator that can be used for experiments with remote pilots.
During this post-doctorate work, we want to explore interaction techniques to facilitate the swarm supervision and control (drone behavior and status) as well as mission control (areas covered, fields of view, etc.) in VR. In this project, we aim to study interaction techniques that improve situational awareness, spatial understanding and decision-making, based on a variety of mobile viewpoints (that of each drone).
Activités
- Design and prototyping of interfaces and interactions to improve situational awareness and mission control in VR.
- Set up controlled experiments to evaluate the proposed interfaces and interactions
Write scientific papers
- Participate in project coordination and supervision of ongoing PhD work.
Compétences
The candidate should have a PhD and strong skills in leading research projects (state of the art, experimentation, scientific writing and communication...) and skills to participate in an international project (English C1 minimum).
Research experience in at least two of the following topics is desirable: Virtual Reality, Human-Machine Interaction for remote control (drone, vehicles), Perception and Cognition of 3D environments.
Finally, an interest in drones or search and rescue is a plus.
Contexte de travail
The postdoc will be hosted in the Interactive Computing team at ENAC with Jérémie Garcia (ENAC Ass. Prof) and in the ELIPSE team at IRIT with Christophe Jouffrais (CNRS Senior Researcher).
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